Lyrics about Hope: “Hope is a Place” is a song about giving our most precious gift, our time. We’re all so busy, me included, and I feel bad at times that I don’t give more of my time..but then I remember that we parents give our time to raising our children, “the next generation”, and that’s something. But I still feel I could give more.
Hope is a Place
Did you wake up one day with living on your mind
Thought you had been living all this time
Your family, your friends you really love them,
True.
Yet that’s not all the livin’ there’s left to do
(Chorus)
To make a difference
To change this world
To love when love cannot be returned
To know that some live on a dime
To give our most precious gift
Our time
To teach our children compassionate grace
And let them know hope is a place
(Verse two)
Who’s helping who when we give of ourself
Who of us wished the cards we were dealt
Behind the human struggle lives a smile
it’s by giving we forget our own struggle for a while
(Chorus)
To make a difference
To change this world
To love when love cannot be returned
To know that some live on a dime
To give our most precious gift
Our time
To teach our children compassionate grace
And let them know hope is a place
(Verse Three)
Will there always be tears and hungry souls
We don’t know how this world will go
The seed of Time seems impossible to grow
Can we plant one today to reap what we sow
(Chorus)
…Take my hand
Lets sow a smile, lets sow a hug,
Lets sow a world for our children to love
To make a difference
To change this world
To love when love cannot be returned
To know that some live on a dime
To give our most precious gift
Our time
To teach our children compassionate grace
And let them know hope is a place…
Hope is a place…compassionate grace…
Lets hope…Hope Is A Place
By Barbara Tremblay Cipak
Song Lyrics about Child Abuse: This was the second song we wrote together. Our last song was a light topic, fun in nature, so this time we decided to tackle a sad, serious and unfortunately all too real subject – child abuse. If we could keep all the children safe and warm, I know most of us would do so in a heartbeat. On a side note, this is not based on a true story or from any or our own personal perspective’s, and the character “Lorrie”, is fictitious for this song.
GOD’S PRINCESS
(VERSE 1)
A pattern of leaves cover the sidewalk
Which is layered in scribbled chalk
A lonely bicycle lies quietly in the yard
Looking at that place can be quite hard
We’ve all heard the terrible sad stories
But how come no-one heard little Lorrie
(CHORUS)
She cries tears in her darkened room
cuddled up with her teddy bear
does anyone even know she’s there
starring in her own nightmare,
It can’t be right to be scared like this
So she pretends she’s God’s Princess
held in his arms safe for the night
with his love,
at peace
she’s tucked in tight,
(VERSE 2)
In the living room, a family portrait
The air it hangs heavy, pain and hurt
On the wall, a childs praying hands
Can’t beleive no one made a stand
A neighborhood of tightly shut eyes
In the dead of night, you still hear cries
(CHORUS)
She cries tears in her darkened room
cuddled up with her teddy bear
does anyone even know she’s there
starring in her own nightmare,
It can’t be right to be scared like this
So she pretends she’s God’s Princess
held in his arms safe for the night
with his love,
at peace
she’s tucked in tight
(BRIDGE/VERSE to FINAL CHORUS)
A childhood stolen, entirely missed
what will happen to God’s Princess
will she go home before she’s grown
or be saved from being alone…
by living angels who wipe her tears
as she cries in her darkened room
someone to be there
to erase her fears
rescuing her from this nightmare…
….but today she still cries,
and it’s not right to be scared like this
So she pretends she’s God’s Princess
held in his arms safe for the night
with his love and at peace
for one minute she’s alright,
until daylight…
will she go home before she’s grown
or be saved from being alone,
By Elvis Proctor & Barbara Tremblay Cipak
Relationship Song Lyrics: Do You Know What This Means? “A Song by Elvis Proctor and Barbara Tremblay Cipak”: Another collaboration of work – A song about dreams, love, relationship and support.
(VERSE 1)
Living in your world
I’ve tried,
But its not me
I can’t survive in this
empty re-run lie
I used to make you
laugh and smile
Now I make you
breakdown and cry
I can’t give up one
dream for another
Why can’t I have
Everything that keeps
me going on
instead I’m empty inside
Content?
It’s been so long…
Do You know What This Means?
(CHORUS)
It means everything
I tried to park my ass in a chair
and go no where
I tried to work 9 to 5
to stay alive
but I died inside
I lie to myself
I lie to you
what I need
to be,
all I am,
isn’t flipping burgers
or selling cars
or VP of some conglomerate
I want to make you cry
I want to make you laugh
I want to make you wish
you had that
I want to make you tell me
the same things happened to you
in song, a word, a thought a dream,
but standing still I bleed
becoming your statue isn’t what I need
this road it hurts
you know I’m swimming upstream!
instead of pushing my head under
instead of killing my dream
help me find my way
do you know what this means?
(VERSE 2)
You look down when
I tell you my vision
My personal freedom
is your inner prison
Don’t you ever open
your eyes and see
I can’t change what
I am meant to be
How can you cope
in blank nothingness
Because I feel trapped
held down like this
(BRIDGE TO FINAL CHORUS)
You know what this means!
for me to get somewhere
I have to hold on
so I’ll burn the damn chair
and yes! I need you there!
no more lies to you
no more lies to myself
I can’t be your statue
you know what I need
this road our journey
move over, I’ll lead
trust that I know what needs to be done
you know I’m swimming upstream!
instead of pushing my head under
instead of killing my dream
help me find my way
you’re smart
you know what this means
you know what this means
you know what this means
for us,
Written By Barbara Tremblay Cipak & Elvis Proctor
Another collaboration of work – Written by me (Barbara Tremblay Cipak (aka Drageda) and Elvis Proctor)- It’s a sarcastic country song about a guy who couldn’t get a girl, was ignored and laughed at..until he won the lottery: The Lyrics are below and the video created to it is above, take a listen!
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Kiss My Assets!
(VERSE 1)
Just to think last night you laughed at me
Said poor white trash is all I would ever be
You wouldn’t waste your so precious time
I’m on a dead-end road,you can see the signs
You say you’re busy when I call your phone
Even had your brother tell me to leave it alone
You wouldn’t believe how I was so depressed
I spent my last dollar at the convenient express
I was wondering since I haven’t been around
Could you hear me laughing,on your side of town
(CHORUS)
3, 15, 27, 6, 19, 11
Missed my invite to your party
and apparently you think I can’t dance
“hit the road buddy”
think that’s what you said?
“you’ve two left feet,
no brain in that head”
think ya even wished me dead?
3, 15, 27, 6, 19, 11
my ticket “a done come’in”
shoulda heard that terminal sing…
bought the Dance Hall, the Flower Shop,
and Alvin’s Funeral Home,
sent you an invite to my
“If I were Dead Party”…
just planning ahead is all,
‘case I slip and fall…or some’in
thought you could help me
pick out my casket
so come on over, it’s all good,
too tired to help?
then just Kiss My Assets!
(VERSE 2)
You wouldn’t give me the time of day
Now you hang on every word I say
Every girl on my block wouldn’t speak
Now I get flowers every day of the week
No-one would give me a ride in their car
Now I have a limo, “hot damn I’m a star!”
You want to know if You can hang out too
Well its funny, I don’t have any time for you
(BRIDGE TO FINAL CHORUS)
but wait! let me check my schedule
maybe I can fit you in,
I can see you at 3:15 in 2027
or 6:19 in 2011
I’ve hit the road
gone searching for brains
so forgive me, I’m a little booked up
busy hosting “if I were dead parties” and such
just planning ahead is all,
‘case I slip and fall…or some’in
are ya having any regrets yet?
well just buckle up and pucker up
cause honey
you can Kiss My Assets!
Written By Barbara Tremblay Cipak & Elvis Proctor
“A Song by Elvis Proctor & Barbara Tremblay Cipak”: Another collaboration of work – song lyrics about the state of the world and standing strong in the face of adversity and working together as one.
A PLACE LIKE THIS
(VERSE 1)
Everytime I turn on my damn tv
I got bad news bombarding me
times are strange, they’re hazy
has the world just gone plain crazy
Live’s are taken for a dollar sign
We’re living in some strange times
What happened to making a stand
And people joining hand in hand
I guess I’m stuck in another place
where we used to talk face-to-face
where the heart of man was measured by honor
where he didn’t have to struggle
to make an honest dollar
take me home to this place I miss
I don’t want to go on in a place like this
(CHORUS)
So today was the day that I went home
I stood centered amongst the storm
I was the building it was trying to tumble
I was the exercise for the wind
but I was the rock that never moved
I am grateful to have strength in chaos..
I am grateful for the tears
cause when my eyes empty
my soul fills up again
I then find strength to carry on
to face this world standing strong
and believe I really do belong
in the hidden wonders of a place like this
(VERSE 2)
I beleive there’s time for change
to take a chance to rearange
I’m praying no more bombs will fall
Never having to fly at all
I miss the way it used to be
feeling a sense of security
In a time right behind me
Where I wish that I could be
All this madness would cease
Take me to a valley of peace
(FINAL VERSE/BRIDGE to CHORUS)
Where rivers flow
and the damn can hold
no matter the battle against it
where we all stay centered amongst this storm
we’re the building it’s trying to tumble
we’re the exercise for the wind
but we’re the rock that never moves
grateful for our strength during chaos
each becoming the power of one
our tears wiped away
we all carry on
facing this world holding hands
standing strong
where we all belong,
yes we all belong
in a wonderful place like this
Written By Barbara Tremblay Cipak & Elvis Proctor
